Abstract: The Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee is the most recent Senate committee to oversee election
law, redistricting and reapportionment, and, beginning in 2005, constitutional amendments. Throughout the life of the committee
its scope appears to have remained that of bills relating to elections and reapportionment, with the addition of hearing constitutional
amendments in 2005. The Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee records consist of Bill
Files, 1969, 1975-1980, 1982-2006, Hearing Files, 1967-1975, Contested Election Files, 1850-1937, Reapportionment Files,
1967-1975, 1982-2001, Reapportionment Hearings, 1961, 1971-2001, Reapportionment Court Case Files, 1982-2002, Subject Files,
1962-2004, Correspondence, 1974-2000, Maps and Data Files, 1965-1967, Demographic and Political Profiles, 1992-1993, Miscellaneous
Reports, 1851-1858, 1973-1996, and News Clippings, 1980-2004. It is anticipated that the Archives will receive further records
from the Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee. Researchers should check for recently
received, unprocessed records of this committee.

Physical location: California State Archives

Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

Publication Rights

For permission to reproduce or publish, please contact the California State Archives. Permission for reproduction or publication
is given on behalf of the California State Archives as the owner of the physical items. The researcher assumes all responsibility
for possible infringement which may arise from reproduction or publication of materials from the California State Archives
collections.

The State Archives received these records in accordance with California Government Code 9070-908-, which requires legislative
committees to transfer their records to the State Archives when they are no longer needed by the committee.

Committee History

The Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee is the most recent Senate committee to oversee election
law, redistricting and reapportionment, and, beginning in 2005, constitutional amendments.

The first committee that had elections under its purview was Privileges and Elections. It was created as a standing committee
of the Senate by the President in 1849. Its purpose was to "examine the returns of the elections of Senators as communicated
by the Secretary of State." In 1851 the committee was renamed simply Elections and appears to have expanded its work to include
bills relating to elections as well as the examination of election returns. This committee was renamed Elections and Election
Laws in 1903, before reverting back to the Elections Committee in 1913, which it remained until 1967 when it became the Elections
and Reapportionment Committee. The committee shorted its name again to simply the Elections Committee in 1985, before reverting
back to the Elections and Reapportionment Committee in 1989, a name it kept until 2005, when it became the Elections, Reapportionment,
and Constitutional Amendments Committee. Throughout the life of the committee its scope appears to have remained that of bills
relating to elections and reapportionment, with the addition of hearing constitutional amendments in 2005.

The bill files document the bills directed to the committee. The files include committee analysis, letters from interested
parties, and the comments of affected agencies. These files show the close involvement of the committee in such issues as
campaign finance reform, the Political Reform Act and amendments to the Act, term limits, same day registration and voting,
voting rights for young people and efforts to engage them in the voting process, online public disclosure, and secure electronic
voting. Other issues taken up by the committee included a revision to the Code of Fair Campaign Practices (AB866, 2005) adding
sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of topics a candidate would not use to appeal to negatives prejudices during
a campaign.

The records also include an early series on contested elections. This series spanning 1850-1937 documents the committee's
involvement in examining the election results of contested elections at the senate district level and includes transcripts,
reports and related material.

The hearing files span a variety of elections related topics including voter registration and voter turnout, the Political
Reform Act of 1974, campaign finance reform, efforts to make elections "English only," electronic voting and voting systems
software, the decennial census and redistricting, as well as bill specific hearings.

There is also a second reapportionment specific hearing series, dealing specifically with the various topics, bills, and initiatives
important to the committee's reapportionment work. Also included are hearings to present the proposed redistricting. This
series, as well as the reapportionment series and reapportionment court cases deal exclusively with the decennial census,
reapportionment, and redistricting process. Here researchers will find documentation of the committee's work drafting new
congressional, senate, and assembly districts. The reapportionment court cases document the legal challenges to those proposals
and the committee's response. The researcher should note that the committee collected redistricting hearing files under both
hearing files and reapportionment hearing files and both series should be consulted.

The subject files document the committee's work in areas such as a revision of the Elections Code and the Voting Rights Act,
campaign finance, voter discrimination, electronic filing, litigation (again mostly in relation to the reapportionment and
redistricting process), and the Census and voting demographics, as well as some reapportionment and redistricting material
not found in the Reapportionment series. The correspondence consists of mostly outgoing correspondence from the Committee
chairperson. Topics include current legislation and redistricting efforts, the organization of public hearings, as well as
day to day administrative details of the committee and committee consultants' work. The maps and data series includes maps
and data relating to reapportionment and redistricting, such as census population and demographic data, party registration
and election results at the state assembly and senate district level and at the federal congressional district level. This
series also includes some correspondence and notes.

The demographic and political profiles are a complete series of profiles for each senate district that were produced by the
committee in 1992 and 1993. The miscellaneous reports include mostly reports produced outside the committee on a number of
topics including campaign finance, political reform, and reapportionment. This series also includes a number of reports analyzing
state propositions in each election cycle. The news clippings are a collection of newspaper and magazine articles collected
by the committee on topics relating to the committee's work.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.

Bill Rains, Oral History Interview, 1990. Conducted by Arlene Lazarowitz, Oral History Program, California State University,
Fullerton, for the California State Archives State Government Oral History Program.

Other Repositories

Additional records may be found in:

Collection of the California Special Masters on Reapportionment, 1991 at the Institute for Governmental Studies Library, University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley California, 94720-6000.

Collection of the California Special Masters on Reapportionment, 1973 at the Institute for Governmental Studies Library, University
of California, Berkeley, Berkeley California, 94720-6000.

Researchers interested in historical redistricting and reapportionment data should also consult the Statewide Database http://swdb.berkeley.edu/,
Institute for Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley.

Series Description

See LP numbers below.

Series 1
Bill Files19691973-19801982-2006

Physical Description: 436 file folders

Arrangement

Bill files are arranged chronologically by legislative session, then numerically by bill number.

See Appendix A in Master Finding Aid at California State Archives for LP Numbers

Series 2
Hearing Files1967-2006

Physical Description: 100 file folders

Arrangement

Hearing files are arranged chronologically by date of hearing.

Scope and Content Note

Hearing files created by Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee may include transcripts
of hearings, testimony, correspondence, and committee working papers. Researchers interested in the reapportionment process
should also consult the reapportionment hearing files as there is some overlap between the two series. Researchers should
note that hearing recordings, including audio and video cassettes, CDs, and DVDs have been removed to cold storage; separation
sheets are included within the relevant file folders indicating this

For a chronological list of hearings, see Appendix A in the Master Finding Aid at the California State Archives.

LP361:587-592

Series 3
Contested Elections Files1850-1937bulk 1850-1918

Physical Description: 44 file folders

Arrangement

Contested elections files are arranged chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

Contested election files created by the Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee may include
transcripts, statements of contest, briefs, depositions, exhibits, election returns, and committee reports on findings.

1850-1851 Alonzo W. Adams, Butte, Shasta Counties LP1:1153-1168

1851 Thomas B. Van Buren, San Joaquin County LP1:911

1851 Joseph N. Lewis, Butte and Shasta Counties LP1:1003

1853 W.F. Tilgham, San Diego County LP2:498

1853 D.B. Kurtz, San Diego County LP2:491-516

1861 Phillip Thomas, Placer County LP5

1864 Henry D. Hamilton, Los Angeles County LP5

1865 Patrick W. Murphy, San Luis Obispo County LP5

1869 Romualdo Pacheco, Santa Barbara County LP5

1874 Theo. Fraser, El Dorado County LP6:1-10

1875-1876 Creed Haymond, Sacramento County LP6:160-162

1875-1876 John M. Montgomery, Merced and Mariposa Co. LP6:163-169

1879-1880 William W. Traylor, San Francisco County LP6:254-264

1879 Thorward Klauduis Nelson, San Francisco Co. LP6:265-269

1879 Conger, San Francisco County LP17:13

1887 P.J. Crimmins, San Francisco LP7:81-95

1889 William O. Banks, San Francisco LP7:191-195

1889 Frank S. Sprague, Yolo County LP7:196-208

1890 J.H. Mahoney, San Francisco LP7:448-452

1896-1897 Sydney Hall, San Francisco County LP8:66-128

1897 John J. Freeney, San Francisco LP8:129-135

1898-1899 R. Porter Ashe, San Francisco LP8:141-150

1900-1901 W.B. Lardner, Placer and El Dorado Counties LP9:81-94

1902-1903 Frank French, San Francisco LP10:8-14

1902-1903 Clifford R. Coggins, Lassen, Modoc, Shasta LP10:15-17

1908-1909 John P. Hare, San Francisco LP11:32-39

1902-1903 1913-1914 Edwin E. Grant, San Francisco LP11:90-129

1918 William B. Shearer, Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc LP12:10

1936-1937 Thomas F. Keating, Marin County LP13:1-7

See Appendix B in Master Finding Aid at California State Archives for LP Numbers

Series 4
Reapportionment Files1967-2001bulk 1982-1918

Physical Description: 196 file folders

Arrangement

Reapportionment files are arranged alphabetically by subject heading.

Scope and Content Note

Reapportionment files created by the Senate Elections, Reapportionment, and Constitutional Amendments Committee include agendas,
minutes, reports, demographic and voting pattern data, news clippings, and correspondence. This material relates specifically
to the Committee's work on decennial redistricting efforts, however some reapportionment and redistricting material can also
be found in the Subject series.

For an alphabetical list of Reapportionment Files subject topics, see Appendix B in Master Finding Aid at the California State
Archives.

See Appendix C in Master Finding Aid at California State Archives for LP Numbers

Series 5
Reapportionment Hearing Files1971-2001

Physical Description: 70 file folders

Arrangement

Reapportionment hearing files are arranged chronologically by date of hearing.

Scope and Content Note

Reapportionment hearing files created by the Senate Elections, Reapportionment, and Constitutional Amendments Committee include
hearing transcripts, testimony, correspondence, and committee working papers. Reapportionment and redistricting hearings were
held at various stages of the redistricting process to promote the process and engender public comment.
Researchers should note that hearing recordings, including audio and video cassettes, CDs, and DVDs have been removed to cold
storage; separation sheets are included within the relevant file folders indicating this. Researchers should also consult
the hearing files as there is some overlap between the two series. Usually when there is overlap the hearing transcript appears
in the Hearing series and other background information can be found in the Reapportionment Hearing series.

For an chronological list of Reapportionment Hearings Files, see Appendix C in Master Finding Aid at the California State
Archives.

See Appendix D in Master Finding Aid at California State Archives for LP Numbers

Reapportionment court case files created by the Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee
may include legal filings such as complaints, briefs, depositions, opinions and related documents, as well as correspondence,
reports, and news clippings. These files document the Committee's participation in legal challenges to the redistricting process
at the California Superior Court, Appeals Court, and Supreme Court, as well as the United States Appeals and Supreme Courts.

For an chronological list of Reapportionment Court Cases, see Appendix D in Master Finding Aid at the California State Archives.

See Appendix E in Master Finding Aid at California State Archives for LP Numbers

Series 7
Subjects1935-19371962-2004

Physical Description: 87 file folders

Arrangement

Subject files are arranged alphabetically by subject heading.

Scope and Content Note

Subject files created by the Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee include agendas, minutes,
reports, demographic and voting patterns data, news clippings and correspondence. Subjects include campaign finance, electronic
filings, voter discrimination and demographics, voting rights, the decennial census, and some reapportionment and redistricting
material not found in the Reapportionment series.

For an alphabetical list of Subjects, see Appendix E in Master Finding Aid at the California State Archives.

LP421:799-831

Series 8
Correspondence1974-2000

Physical Description: 33 file folders

Arrangement

Correspondence files arranged chronologically by year.

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence files created by the Senate Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee consist of mostly
outgoing correspondence authored by the Committee chairperson or the Committee consultant. Topics include current legislation
and redistricting efforts, the organization of public hearings, as well as day-to-day administrative details of the Committee's
work. From 1996-1999 there is also incoming correspondence from the Senate Rules Committee interfiled within the Senate Elections,
Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments Committee correspondence.

Correspondence, 1974-1976 (3ff) LP421:799-801

Correspondence, 1982-2000 (30ff) LP421:802-831

See below for LP Numbers

Series 9
Maps and Data Files1963-2001

Physical Description: 35 file folders

Arrangement

Maps and data files are arranged chronologically by year span and within year span by subject.

Scope and Content Note

This series includes maps and data relating to reapportionment and redistricting. It includes census population and demographic
data, party registration and election results data at the state assembly and senate district level and the federal congressional
district level. This series also includes redistricting plan maps at the state assembly and senate district level and the
federal congressional district level, as well as some related correspondence and notes.

Voting machines, 1963-1969 LP176:131-135

District Maps, 1965-1967 LP125:7

Reapportionment program data, 1971 LP125:1-6

Census reports and data, 1971-1975 LP125:8-10

District Maps, 1973 LP126:1

Congressional Districts, 1978-1979 LP421:832

Preliminary census Data, 1980 LP421:833

State Senate Data, 1981 LP421:834

District data, 1992-1998 LP421:835

Miscellaneous Demographic Data, 1995-1996 LP421:836

Maps and Demographics, 1998-2001 LP421:837

Redistricting Data and Correspondence, 1999-2001 LP421:838-839

Census Data, 1999-2001 LP421:840

Legislative District Maps, 2000 LP421:841

Demographic and Political Maps, 2000-2001 LP421:842

Senate District Maps, 2000 LP421:843

Assembly District Maps, 2000 LP421:844

Congressional District Maps, 2000 LP421:845

Statewide Database, 2000 LP421:846-847

Redistricting District Maps, 2001 LP421:849

Senate Briefing Book, 2001 LP421:850

Census Outreach, 2001 LP421:851

IGS Statewide Database, 1999-2001 LP421:852

MALDEF Correspondence, 2001 LP421:853

Reapportionment (AB632) Data, 2001 LP421:854-855

Redistricting, proposed plans, 2001 LP421:856-858

Redistricting, Davis-Filner Amendment, 2001 LP421:859

AB632, Senate Districts 1-40, 2001 LP421:860-871

Latino Caucus Plan, 2001 LP421:871

LP421:873-952

Series 10
Demographic and Political Profiles1992-1993

Physical Description: 80 file folders

Arrangement

Demographic and Political Profiles are arranged chronologically by date, and numerically by Senate district within each year.

Scope and Content Note

This series includes published reports of demographic and political data for each senate district for the years 1992 and 1993.

See below for LP Numbers

Series 11
Miscellaneous Reports1851-18581973-1996

Physical Description: 98 file folders

Arrangement

Miscellaneous Reports are arranged chronologically by date.

Scope and Content Note

This series includes an early group of committee reports and related papers from the 1850s and a second group of more contemporary
reports. Topics include political reform, campaign financing, and analysis of ballot propositions.

Committee reports and related papers, 1851 LP1:911-912

Committee reports and related papers, 1852 LP1:1556-1626

Committee reports and related papers, 1853 LP1:2419-2422

Committee reports and related papers, 1857 LP3:481-482

Committee reports and related papers, 1858 LP3:1096

Legal briefs, 1973 LP125:11

Campaign finance reform, 1976 LP155:193

Political reform, 1978 LP421:953

Solicitation of Campaign Funds, 1979 LP421:961

Political Reform in the 1980s, 1979 LP421:962-964

Campaign Finance Reform and Reapportionment, 1983 LP421:965

Summary of Ballot Propositions, 1988 LP421:966

Analysis of Propositions, 1988 LP421:967

Assembly Committee on Ethics Transcript, 1989 LP421:968

Analysis of Propositions, 1990-1996 LP421:969-975

See below for LP Numbers

Series 12
News Clippings1980-2004

Physical Description: 15 file folders

Arrangement

New clippings are arranged chronologically by year and, within year, alphabetically by county name.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains general news clippings related to elections, reapportionment, and the work of the Committee. Researchers
should note that news clippings on specific topics can also be found in other series.